1st Edition
Authoritarianism in All its Guises Perspectives on Right, Left, and Center
List of Contributors
Introduction by Daniel Burston and Kurt Jacobsen
Chapter 1. Three-Way Fights: From the First International and the Russian Revolution to Today - Javier Sethness Castro
Chapter 2. The Superego: Our Inner Authoritarian - Don Carveth
Chapter 3. The New Moralism: From Agonism to Antagonism - Samir Gandesha
Chapter 4. Questioning the University’s "Anti-Blackness" - Charles Thorpe
Chapter 5. Silencing Dissenters: Academic Authoritarianism in Response to Two Hoaxes - Neil McLaughlin and Neil Wegenschimmel
Chapter 6. Back to School: Academic Dogma Invades Public Life - Russell Jacoby
Chapter 7. The Transformation of Woke: Weighing the Mischievous Role of the Right - Lauren Langman
Chapter 8. Gender Trouble, Authoritarianism, and the Flight from Womanhood - Ilene Philipson
Chapter 9. The Challenge of Jewish Difference: Antisemitism and the Progressive Left - Cheryl Goldstein
Chapter 10. Psychoanalysis, Authoritarianism, Antisemitism and the Progressive Left - Daniel Burston
Chapter 11. From Solidarity to Identity: Group Narcissism and the Demise of Left Politics - Michael J. Thompson
Chapter 12. Center Askew: The Muddle over the Authoritarian Middle - Kurt Jacobsen
Biography
Daniel Burston is Associate Professor and former chair (retired) of Duquesne University’s psychology department. A historian of the mental health disciplines, he has authored several books and numerous journal articles on the history and politics of psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis.
Kurt Jacobsen is a Lecturer in Social Sciences and Faculty Associate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is author or editor of a dozen books and is co-editor of the UK journal Free Associations.
“Over the last century psychoanalysis has provided the deepest, if still preliminary, insight we have into such forms of collective political madness, as racism, fascism and authoritarianism. Burston and Jacobsen have selected a range from among the best contemporary examples.” - Eli Zaretsky, Professor of History at the New School for Social Research
“The culture wars refuse to go away and continue to damage free thought and emancipatory activity. We need to have resources to marshal a Left response that appreciates the nuances of contemporary reality. Authoritarianism in All its Guises offers one such resource: a lively, combative, multifaceted attack on authoritarianism as it appears on the Right and the Left, written in the interests of advancing progressive political solidarity. It will entertain, disturb and motivate in equal measure.” - Stephen Frosh, Emeritus Professor in Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London
“This is truly a volume for our times, as the merchandising - and policing - of ideas threatens to overtake our ability to think through the complex problems facing us. A must-read for those who cherish thinking as a societal safeguard.” - Marilyn Charles, The Austen Riggs Center
